Wisdom 17:7
And the delusions of their magic art were put down, and their boasting of wisdom was reproachfully rebuked.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et magicæ artis appositi erant derisus, et sapientiæ gloriæ correptio cum contumelia.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μαγικῆς δὲ ἐμπαίγματα κατέκειτο τέχνης, καὶ τῆς ἐπὶ φρονήσει ἀλαζονίας ἔλεγχος ἐφύβριστος·
Haydock's commentary
Rebuked. Or chastised. (Haydock)
The magicians could not imitate this miracle, nor secure themselves from its horrors. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.